Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ONE of the inmates of the house OF refuge
in Hamilton. Canada, was born in 1881. Last
year he was in an institution in Drndas' out
not liking it he set out and walked TO HaInu-
ton, distance of five miles.
PROF. Virgins predicts another earth
quake about Aug. Y and Sept. 10 next, affect
ing Western Europe and Eastern North
America. The greatest force, he says, Will
De felt in the southern hemisphere.
l. CRAsSETT who has been in China for
eighteen years, writes to Chicago paper to
say that there is no better field for the true
philanthropist than am ng the deaf mutes OF
northern Asia, where they are most terribly
neglected.
1T is reported that In Cauca, one of the
states in the republic of Colombia, large
quantity Of valuables has been dug out OF
some newly discovered huacas. or ancient In
dian burial grounds. Many of the articles
are of great value and OF an order entirely
instinct from the many which have been dug
from different cemeteries In the country from
the days of the conquest to the present.
THE announcement that Mr.. Gladstone, the
great English statesman, has been invited TO
attend the celebration in Philadelphia, in
September next, of the adoption of the Fed
eral constitution, ana that he may possibly
be induced to come, Will be gratifying news
to the many admirers Of MIR. Glads one in tins
country. Mr.. Gladstone has expressed his
heretofore been prevented by absorption IN
political and other affairs.
REESE LANGsTAFF, a J6-year-old cOlored
youth, confessed recently that he had COM
mitted burglary near New Brunswick. n.
j. Another lad W HON he named as an accom-
plce was arrested. but was found to have
been nowhere near the place at the time OF
the robbery. Now, IT Is SAID, the real thlet
has been discovered, and it turns out that
Lang.taG had no connection v hatever with
him OF the crime. HIS motive for endeavor-
ing TO get himself into the penltentary for
ave or Len Years is mystery,
A. d. WYNAN, formerly United States
Treasurer. is President of bank in Omaha,
where S. 2. Rounds, ex-Public Printer, is
publishing a paper. Rounds was "print 3
deVil'' IN the office of Mr.. Wyman's father,
who was ed tor and publisher in Madison,
WIS, and the two boys learned the printers
trade together. Rounds was e 4gaged IN bust
ness for some time In Chicago, and when he
arrived in w Washington as PubtIc Printer Mr..
| Wyman was there as Treasurer. By d slngu-
| lar coincidence they have come together in
| Omaha.
The women's rights women should emf
CRATE to Alaska. According to traveller
| who has returned from that region, sin Alas
| ka the Indian woman Is boss, and they assume
| every prerogatIVe exercised by male Indians
| elsewhere, even TO the extent of having a
| plurality of husbands. thus reversing the
! order n other tribes. by which the males
| have plurality OF wives, The squaws find
| work for their husbands to do anu com ell
them TO do it. The woman does all the trad
| ing and receives and dlsburses all the
| money"
IT is said that the Emperor of Russia is
about to join the ranks of royal and im perial
authors. He has revised his diaries for the
past ten or fifteen years, and has Entrusted
| NJ. Itchy, The Hungarian painter, with the
| illustrating
published at st. Petersburg in the autumn.
The relgning soyerelgus who already possess
more or less ella m to lterai distinction are
Queen Victoria, King Oscar of sweden, klHg
Louis Of Portugal, the Emperor Peter OF
| Brazil, the shah Of Persia, Prince Nicholas OF
| Montenegro, and Prince Charles of Monaco.
C. C. WooLwoRTH. of Albany, head of the
| concern that makes postal cards for the gov
| ernment, says that at the factory in Castleton.
Pa, they manufacture between two and three
| tons d day The year round. The largest order
they ever filled for one city was 1000, 900 cards,
or about twelve tons of paper, for New \ ork.
| There are used there about 10000 cards a
| month. Chicago comes next, with about
| 100000 caros in the same period. There are
450,GO0,O00 postal cards manufactured aunu-
ally. Two-cent postage did not lessen the IL c
| OF postal cards, but checked the growth oil
their use for some little time. The cheek has
been overcome, and The pub ic are using more
and more postal cards every day.
THE Empress Augusta never desired to be a
queen or empress, but both positions being
imposed upon her, she did her best to turn
them to some good use. She found them Irk-
some and trammelling. "Do you know" she
SAID, ''lf L could have governed my own des-
| tiny what / should have been? private lady
| in a fairly good position III Paris, Well off but
not too rich. should have lived near the Lou
vre. the National Library and the Theatre
| Francois. My greatest expenditure would
have been in going to see the play three times a
| | % henUf
OF the French language. No treat is SO great
to me as to hear good French dramatic wOrb
spoken Oy accomplished Partisan payers"
THERE is prospect that indianapolis may
become known as the monu ne entail city of the
West. AT least she is making a fairly good
start. The Morton monument is a handsome
| piece or bI ONE WOrk, and al together credlta
Dle In its way. The Hendricks monument
Will probably be as cd, though we have nc
| mixing Vet as to its character The mOnu-
mentto the late Schuyler CO1aX to be cree ed
by the ODD Fellows, viii probably be more
ornamental than either, and, to the general
eye, more interesting. Finally, the soldiers
monumeni, yet to be, for " hIch the munif-
cent sum of 100000 has been Appropriated
Will overtup ana oveTshadow all the rest
These four Will make u good beginning for
collection of outdoor statuary that Will be
credit to the city.
THE London Daily News publishes an ar
; ticle on the lighting strength of Italy, which
shows very plainly that the power which at
tacks Italy IN the coming European contest
Will not nave WalkOVer. 1he Russian
army only Is numerically superior TO the
Italian. The available strength for de
l lenslve purposes which italy can bring int,
action amounts to a totai Of 2,3S7, 1892 men
and she has permanent, though not perma
Dently active, lighting force OF S92 .6S7 men
The Generals of the Italian army are MoroZzo
della Rocca, Cialdlni, and the Duke OF Gaeta
The FIRST Line, the Mobile Militia, and tn,
Terri orial Militia are the army departments
ana IN each OF these the p RODS of traIninI
are so arranged that nearly LOCO 900 men arr
kept in a constant condition of efficiency fol
immediate service. The Italian seacoast
J further. is traversed by railw ways W hich woulC
) aid greatly IN the repulse of an enemy. The
navy, too, is strong, and surpassed only by
The British navy.
EVERY one in Washington wondered ont
day last week why 1.-THE physician to TIN
President" had been summoned to the WHITE
House in such haste. Many thought tina
dreaded attack predicted Ivy DR.. Sewers haC
fallen on the President but the fears OF Tn,
country need not be Oyerwurked. 1he Presi
, dent still Is well, and Il rs only Hector ina
was Ill. The Antwerp poodle had gOtteI
r upsialrs and into one OF The bedrooms, Wher,
| he found Two delightful smelling cakes o
soap. The imported ''purp" ate DO IA OF them
and he was ill-that was all. The dog wa
banished TO Req Top, and there made nigh
! hldeous with his yells and bowling IN,
steward had lust gotten new set OF eeryant